"Hopefully they'll be available for the FA Cup game against Bournemouth.

"This weekend we'll have to do without those three but everyone else has come through the game on Monday and been training quite well."

Rowett, whose play-off chasers returned to winning ways against MK Dons on Monday, said Cotterrill was struggling with a hamstring injury.

"His knee is fine," the Blues manager said.

"He was due to be on the bench for Sheffield Wednesday but felt his hamstring tighten up a little towards the end of training on Christmas Eve so we left it up until Boxing Day but did not feel it was worth the risk at that point.

"With the Dons game coming up so soon after we just thought he'd benefit from a full week's training."